The Saturday Book - 16

Hadfield, John \(Editor\)

Published by Hutchinson & Company, London, 1956

About this Item

London: Hutchinson & Company, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition in original dust jacket and BOX. The sixteenth annual issue of THE SATURDAY BOOK. Very clean beige cloth boards with red title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Decorated endpapers, with tasteful oval previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Color frontispiece illustration "The Proposal" by Sir David Scott. Beautifully illustrated with drawings, photographs and color prints. Four colour plates engraved and printed by the Grout Engraving company, Ltd. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, has a 2" closed tear near spine fold, is not price clipped (30s.net on front inside flap). In original illustrated sturdy box which is clean and bright, with tiny scrape to one corner, a little cracking at two lid corners, repaired with tape. Contributions by many well known authors and artists, including Evelyn Waugh, Robert Gibbings, Laurence Whistler and many more. Subjects include poetry, exquisite crafts, ghost stories, travel, English fashion for men, courtship in clay, collectible snuff boxes, and more. Seller Inventory # 023677

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Saturday Book - 16

Publisher: Hutchinson & Company, London

Publication Date: 1956

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

Edition: First Edition, First Printing.